Doom/Death with some few choruses and an oriental atmosphere here and there, poorly added to the album's ambience.. technical parts that completly interrupt the moments where the sonority flows pleasant.. and songs waaaaaaay too long.

On the other hand, ''Ornaments Of Gold'' is a nice song, and from ''Seasons Unite'' to on the album gets a little better in some way.. blending the oriental stuff in a better way. The remix of ''The Beloveds Cry'' (among digipack bonuses) is also great.

But overall this is highly overrated.

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----member of the true crusade against old school heavy metal, early 80s thrash, NWOBHM, traditional doom, first and second wave black metal, old school death metal, US power metal, 70s prog rock and atmospheric doomsludgestoner. o/

It's neither underrated nor overrated it is what it is. I must agree that if this was not your first OL album then it might be a little disappointing. I started listening OL with Sahara a few years back and I just fell in love with Ornaments of gold.